In this month's roundup Iurgi and James take us through the latest news and new titles.

01:40 News in Brief:

We’re coming to the end of October and that means the spooky season is upon us. Marvel has finally launched their horror tinged Midnight Universe and the early reviews are pretty positive, let’s hope they can keep it up. And for comics fans looking for some horror on the big screen Clayface is out now. Get ready for some body horror!

In terms of awards the Harvey Awards were announced at New York Comic Con and the Ignatz Awards celebrating independent cartoonists were also announced.

In Australian comics news, this month we have two new graphic novels coming out with Tom Taylor and Daniele Di Nicuolo’s Children of the Round Table and Sally Rippin and Aki Fukuoka’s second graphic novel in the Billy B Brown’s Secret Mystery Club series.

More importantly, the National Library of Australia is hosting some comics related events, so if you're in Canberra, we highly recommend them, but if you’re not in Canberra you also have the opportunity to engage with at least two of the events.

03:44 Recen Reads:

James:

Sassy by Mandy Ord

Manta by Jorden Allen-Barr

Time’s Needle by Ele Jenkins

Troubleshoot by Benji Bajorek with art by Gentle Coda, Hoshi, Steffles, and Johnson Benjamin

Iurgi:

Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees: Rite of Spring by Patrick Horvath

Mrs Orwell by Andrea Chalupa

The End of the Arab of the Future by Riad Sattouf

Five Gears in Reverse: A Criminal Book by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips

The Credits Roll Into the Sea Vol 1 by John Tarachine

14:06 News:

Joshua Santospirito’s article published on Overland about comics in literary festivals

Anne Carson wins the Nobel Prize for Literature and we discuss Carson’s adaptation of The Trojan Women published in xxxx with artist xxxxx

The National Library of Australia is hosting three comics centred events from November 13 to November 15

The New York Public Library has published a list of the best graphic novels for adults of 2026 which includes Western Australian Campbell Whyte’s Luna Express among many other excellent titles

26:02 New Titles:

Billie B Brown’s Secret Mystery Club Book 2: Code Breakers by Sally Rippin, Aki Fukuoka (Figment Books)

C.O.R.T: Children of the Round Table by Tom Taylor and Daniele Di Nicuolo (Random House US)

Requiem for Gaza by Chris Hedges, Joe Sacco (Fantagraphics)

The Credits Roll Into the Sea Vol 2 by John Tarachine (Dark Horse Comics)

Lore Olympus: Book Eleven by Rachel Smythe (Inklore)

Wandering by Jonathan Djob Nkondo (Magnetic Press)

39:42 LibraryCon Live is coming up, registration is free and highly recommended.

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